Surah Ad-Dukhan, Ayah 38 (44:38)
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيۡنَ ٣٨
English translation (Pickthall)
And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
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وَّنَعۡمَةٍ كَانُوۡا فِيۡهَا فٰكِهِيۡنَۙ ٢٧
44:27And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
كَذٰ لِكَ وَاَوۡرَثۡنٰهَا قَوۡمًا اٰخَرِيۡنَ ٢٨
44:28Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ السَّمَآءُ وَالۡاَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُوۡا مُنۡظَرِيۡنَ ٢٩
44:29And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِىۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَ مِنَ الۡعَذَابِ الۡمُهِيۡنِۙ ٣٠
44:30And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
مِنۡ فِرۡعَوۡنَؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ الۡمُسۡرِفِيۡنَ ٣١
44:31(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
وَلَقَدِ اخۡتَرۡنٰهُمۡ عَلٰى عِلۡمٍ عَلَى الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۚ ٣٢
44:32And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
وَاٰتَيۡنٰهُمۡ مِّنَ الۡاٰيٰتِ مَا فِيۡهِ بَلٰٓؤٌا مُّبِيۡنٌ ٣٣
44:33And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ لَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَۙ ٣٤
44:34Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
اِنۡ هِىَ اِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا الۡاُوۡلٰى وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنۡشَرِيۡنَ ٣٥
44:35There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
فَاۡتُوۡا بِاٰبَآٮِٕنَاۤ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ صٰدِقِيۡنَ ٣٦
44:36Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
اَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ اَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٍۙ وَّ الَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِهِمۡؕ اَهۡلَكۡنٰهُمۡ اِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا مُجۡرِمِيۡنَ ٣٧
44:37Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لٰعِبِيۡنَ ٣٨
44:38And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
مَا خَلَقۡنٰهُمَاۤ اِلَّا بِالۡحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ٣٩
44:39We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
اِنَّ يَوۡمَ الۡفَصۡلِ مِيۡقَاتُهُمۡ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَۙ ٤٠
44:40Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِىۡ مَوۡلًى عَنۡ مَّوۡلًى شَيۡــًٔا وَّلَا هُمۡ يُنۡصَرُوۡنَۙ ٤١
44:41A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
اِلَّا مَنۡ رَّحِمَ اللّٰهُؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الۡعَزِيۡزُ الرَّحِيۡمُ ٤٢
44:42Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّوۡمِۙ ٤٣
44:43Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
طَعَامُ الۡاَثِيۡمِۛۚۖ ٤٤
44:44The food of the sinner!
كَالۡمُهۡلِۛۚ يَغۡلِىۡ فِى الۡبُطُوۡنِۙ ٤٥
44:45Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
كَغَلۡىِ الۡحَمِيۡمِ ٤٦
44:46As the seething of boiling water.
خُذُوۡهُ فَاعۡتِلُوۡهُ اِلٰى سَوَآءِ الۡجَحِيۡمِۖ ٤٧
44:47(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
ثُمَّ صُبُّوۡا فَوۡقَ رَاۡسِهٖ مِنۡ عَذَابِ الۡحَمِيۡمِؕ ٤٨
44:48Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
